Human Rights Watch: Iran's election is not considered to be political prisoners on hunger strike

Human Rights Watch: Iran's election is not considered to be political prisoners on hunger strike
The organization "Human Rights Watch" issued a statement criticizing the Iranian election is not considered to be political prisoners on hunger strike, said: "the candidates do not say anything against the conviction and ill-treated unfairly.



The organization "Human Rights Watch" issued a statement criticizing the Iranian election is not considered to be political prisoners on hunger strike said candidate against the conviction unjust and ill-treatment do not say anything.
The human rights organization based in New York, said: "Millions of Iranians in the telegram and Twitter accounts taking the last spin and twists the presidential election and the city council, which will be held on 19 May. And in the course extensive public discussion in Iran, candidates must speak in favor of the country's many political prisoners. "

The statement on the status of permanent Athena 28-year-old activist who is serving a seven-year-old children referred to in prison. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards arrested in October 2014 for his work permanent, and 16 months later was released on bail. A Revolutionary Court on charges he included "gathering and colluding against national security" and "propaganda against the regime" and sentenced to 14 years in prison. His sentence was later reduced on appeal to seven years.

She spent a month on hunger strike, and his family said his health condition is deteriorating rapidly.

Human Rights Watch on the situation Ismail Abdi, general secretary of the Teachers Union is serving a six year sentence, is also pointed out that, saying that part of the sentence for organizing protests Abdi is a teacher in the Assembly. He began a hunger strike on 30 April to corrupt judicial system and pressure from the authorities on independent trade unions protest.

The uproar Shahidi, a journalist who was arrested March 9, hunger strike to protest his detention. More than two months, the authorities have not allowed him to meet with an attorney.

Human Rights Watch says at the end of "election period in Iran is one of the rare times in which many of the candidates appear to have greater respect for human rights. But none of the candidates are already harming the prisoners and recognize the rights, and better yet, defend their freedom?